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  • Confined Spaces
    20 min.
    How to evaluate the space, testing and monitoring.  Do you have air monitoring equipment?
    Number: LS1 
  • Temporary Grounding Seminar
    50 min.
    AB Chance's Lonnie Bell discusses proper use of equipotential grounding and allowable amount of currents to the human body.  Good film.
    Number: LS10 
  • ASTM F-18
    11 min.
    Results of different fabrics burning from ignition through electric arc and torch.  Viable study except the arc distance used is only eight inches from clothing.
    Number: LS12 
  • Disconnect Switch Safety
    10 min.
    Bonneville Power Administration - proper ground material use.  Used manikins in hazard area around switching showing what could happen when switch goes to ground.  Good instruction.
    Number: LS13 
  • It Always Happens to the Other Guy
    20 min.
    Designed for the heavy equipment operator, shows situations where the "other" guy gets in an accident.  Contains common sense reminders, such as knowing where the other guy is and wearing seat belts to remind workers to be more safety conscious.
    Number: LS14 
  • It could cost you the shirt off your back
    46 min.
    A 46 minute presentation of attitude and the downfalls of having an accident.  Good presentation probably one time.
    Number: LS15
  • White Rubber Corporation
    24 min.
    Tour through their plant.  How gloves and sleeves are made and tested.  Good information.
    Number: LS16 
  • Backfeed - The Hidden Killer
    15 min.
    Sources of backfeed and how to protect yourself.  Quality isn't very good but it is worth showing.
    Number: LS17 
  • Insulator and Crossarm Changeout
    30 min.
    Using rubber gloves
    Number: LS18 
  • Cutting in a Disconnect Switch
    35 min.
    Rubber glove method.
    Number: LS19 
  • Trenching & Shoring
    20 min.
    Instructs good aspects of trenching.  Has quite a bit of shoring in it.  If you relate to your people to consider all soil class C then you can use 1 2 out to 1 down as a safe standard and also prevents having a professional engineer examine the soil and shoring conditions.
    Number: LS2 
  • Dead-end Insulator Changes
    16 min.
    Hot Stick.
    Number: LS20 
  • Insulator and Crossarm Changes
    25 min.
    Auxiliary Arm Method
    Number: LS21 
  • Pole Replacement
    60 min.
    Hot Stick.
    Number: LS22 
  • Insulator and Crossarm Changeouts
    26 min.
    Hot Stick with wire tongs.
    Number: LS23 
  • Strap Hoists
    80 min.
    Link sticks, insulator and crossarm changeouts, pole replacements.
    Number: LS24 
  • Buried Plant
    20 min.
    Bell System Accident Prevention Program.  Covers locating, safe handling and repair of their VAD cable.
    Number: LS25 
  • High Voltage Electrical Accident
    6 min.
    Shows lack of proper grounding.
    Number: LS26 
  • To Last a Lifetime
    20 min.
    Back Safety. Several different scenes causing ailments.
    Number: LS27 
  • The Facts about Protective Clothing
    20 min.
    This is a sales pitch for Nomex 3A protective clothing.  Some value because of the laboratory testing and maybe of value in persuading management if you believe you need to go to fire protective clothing.  If you show it to the people in the field they are going to wonder what you're going to do about it.
    Number: LS28 
  • Extension Ladder Safety
    20 min.
    All this addresses is working strand in mid-span and propping the ladder against a pole.  Maybe some value to CATV/telephone.
    Number: LS29 
  • Trenching & Excavation Safety
    30 min.
    Dig ins - What is it going to cost you?
    John Deere Backhoe Maintenance - Backhoe Safety
    Number: LS3 
  • Fire Extinguisher Safety
    20 min.
    Number: LS30 
  • Confident Climbing - One man bucket rescue
    45 min.
    Number: LS31   
  • Wire Stringing by Helicopter
    20 min.
    by Vigilante Electric Cooperative
    Number: LS33 
  • Mobil Sub-Havre #1
    65 min.
    Number: LS34   
  • Portable Substation School
    45 min.
    Number: LS35   
  • Meter Installation Safety
    20 min.
    Number: LS36   
  • Safety in Subs/Switchyards
    30 min.
    Number: LS37  
  • Electrical Energy - Respect It
    15 min.
    Number: LS38   
  • Extension Ladder Safety
    10 min.
    Number: LS39   
  • How Safe are Safety Belts?
    35 min.
    Addresses belts, harnesses, proper lanyard use and repelling equipment (i.e. for escape from bucket trucks).  Good presentation much like we had where they drop 300 ponds and take a reading on the body.  No more body belts...must be in a harness.
    Number: LS4 
  • Temporary Grounding
    15 min.
    Number: LS40   
  • Upgrading Voltage
    25 min
    Number: LS41   
  • Rubber Gloving/Pole Change Out
    49 min.
    Number: LS42   
  • The Incident
    30 min
    Number: LS43-49   
  • Hasting Ground Trucks
    7 min.
    Instructional tape for the ground tester.  Need to test personal protective grounds periodically and then log them when done.  This is the tool with the bar through it and applies amperage to see if the cable and clamps are whole.
    Number: LS5 
  • Underground Fault Locating
    90 min.
    Number: LS50   
  • Safer Roadside and Breakaway Poles
    35 min.
    Number: LS51   
  • Confined Spaces Rescue
    2 hrs.
    Number: LS53   
  • Trench Rescue/Air Shore
    28 min.
    Number: LS54   
  • Firefighters & Electricity - A Professional Approach
    A dose of knowledge about electricity mixed with a healthy respect for it, could keep you out of the burn unit.  This video provides the viewer with information about electricity and some measure of why it demands respect.
    Number: LS55 
  • Emergency Trench Rescue
    20 min.
    Number: LS56 
  • Working Safely
    20 min.
    Telephone lineman training--proper clearances, testing, pole setting, keeping grounds common, possible emergencies and flagging.
    Number: LS6 
  • Temporary Grounding for De-energized Maintenance
    25 min.
    Number: LS63   
  • Confined Space
    50 min.
    Number: LS64   
  • Excavations/Speed Shore
    135 min.
    Number: LS65   
  • Part 1 - Protective Eye Wear
    Part 2 - Don't Push Your Luck

    Two Part Video
    24 min.
    Number: LS66 
  • Houston Industries Products
    20 min.
    Meter Puller/Phase Rotation Indicator
    Number: LS67 
  • Houston Industries Products
    15 min.
    Self Latching Ground Clamp
    Number: LS68 
  • Aerial Lift Safety
    7 min.
    Number: LS69   
  • Making the Right Connection
    5 min.
    This video shows proper methods of installing chance Hot Line clamps.  Importance of cleaning and using inhibitor.
    Number: LS7
  • Earth Gradient Cable Faults - Locating
    25 min.
    Primary cable fault locating by Aquatronics, Inc.
    Number: LS70 
  • The Competent Person, On Solid Ground, Trenching/Shoring Excavation
    3 Part Video
    75 min.
    Number: LS71 
  • Transmission Line Sectionalizing
    20 min.
    Number: LS72   
  • Taking Electricity Seriously
    20 min.
    Shock, Fire, Explosion
    Number: LS73 
  • Power & Space
    8 min
    Number: LS74   
  • Just the Ticket/Out of Your Control
    17 min.
    Driver improvement programs.
    Number: LS75 
  • The Hard Way/A word from our sponsor
    61 min.
    Driver improvement programs.
    Number: LS76 
  • It's a lock
    15 min.
    Lockout/Tagout
    Number: LS78 
  • Pole Top Rescue
    33 min.
    Boston Edison & Idaho Power Company
    Number: LS79 
  • Confidence
    13 min.
    Ottertail test facility in Wappition, ND.  Shows how gloves, sleeves, and rubber goods are tested.
    Number: LS8 
  • Pole Top Rescue
    13 min.
    Portland General Electric
    Number: LS80 
  • Meter Safety For Non-Specialists
    25min
    By EUSA
    Number: LS81
  • Defensive Driving
    Comes with quiz, great new program 2002.
    Number: LS82 
  • Personal Protective Grounding
    9 min.
    Installing the potential equipment outside.
    Number: LS9
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